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Message-Id: <4.2.2.20010917151436.029eadd0@surfcity.research.att.com> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:38:17 -0400 To: Matt Crawford <crawdad@fnal.gov> From: John Denker <jsd@research.att.com> Cc: cryptography@wasabisystems.com In-Reply-To: <200109171825.f8HIPLm12398@gungnir.fnal.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 01:25 PM 9/17/01 -0500, Matt Crawford wrote: >Somehow I doubt that it was not a speech or debate in the senate. And what is the basis for this doubt? All evidence, including that which I quoted in my original message, indicates that he first said it in a media interview. Here is some more evidence: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16460-2001Sep12.html which says in part: >>"Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary >>Committee, first disclosed in a CNN interview that an intercept revealed >>the bin Laden group claimed to have 'hit two targets.' See also http://www.itn.co.uk/news/20010912/world/06suspects.shtml To put this in context, see http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/wtc_counterterrorism_010912.html which says in part: >>Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld today spoke at length on the >>importance of U.S. government personnel not disclosing classified information. .... >>Rumsfeld might have been referring to the Washington Times story [from >>last year], rather than disclosures by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Hatch >>told ABCNEWS and other news organizations Tuesday night that senior CIA >>officials told him a communication had been intercepted between suspected >>associates of Osama bin Laden discussing the attack, and that he was told >>he could disclose the information to the public. According to all indications, Mr. Hatch is not protected by the speech-and-debate clause. In my judgement, I find Mr. Hatch's assertion that "he was told he could disclose the information" to be self-serving and highly implausible. It would be good to find out who, if anyone, told him that. Perhaps a grand jury would be a good way to find out. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com
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